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By Steve Chryssos The car started life as driver with mild 350 and nice yellow paint. I added Master Power 4 wheel discs and 17" rally wheels from Wheel Vintiques and called it a handling machine. A wicked highway collision occurred on July 5 1999 where a Pathfinder entering the highway from a rest area made an illegal U-turn directly in front of us. (He was trying to cross the grass median and head in the opposite direction) The car was totaled. Art Rasmussen released his frame that fall and the decision was made to rebuild the car.The car will be SCCA and NHRA legal as well as street worthy. Chris Brown at Brown Auto Design and I worked up an aggressive design to counter the current crop of street rod based cars. Wheels, Roll Cage, Seats, Spoiler, etc. are all inspired by various forms of motor sports from NASCAR to LeMans. No billet or tweed anywhere. The stripes are inspired by one of the original, coolest g-machines of all time: the AAR 'Cuda. Look for part one of this build up in the July issue of Popular Hot Rodding on sale in late May / Early June. Here are some specs: FRAME: Wayne Due. Fabrication Front Subframe / Stock Rear SUSPENSION: '87 Corvette A-Arms & Spindles / Leaf Rear (for now) BRAKES: Baer Racing 13" fr 12" rr STEERING: Ford Fairmont-style power rack & pinion SHOCKS / SPRINGS: HAL / QAL Eibach REAR AXLE: 12 Bolt by Reider Racing with Precision gear 3.42 (See August 2000 PHR) TRANSMISSION: Anybody got a cheap six speed? If not, overdrive automatic for now. ROLL CAGE: Custom 10 Point Dual Purpose NHRA/SCCA Legal by Bartone Racing SHEET METAL / RS TRIM: The Paddock SEATS: Corbeau: Forza Driver's / Carrera Passenger's GAUGES: Auto Meter SAFETY: Simpson FUEL CELL: ATL WHEELS (Street): Kinesis Motorsport K58 3-Piece 18"x10" rr / 18" x 9" fr TIRES (Street): Pirelli P-Zero System 295/35YR18 and 255/30YR18 WHEELS (SCCA C-Prepared): Real Racing 3-Piece 16x x12 rr / 16x10 fr TIRES (SCCA C-Prepared): Nitto ZR555 ENGINE: 406 SB Chevy: Scat 4.750" Forged Crank; Manley Forged Rods; SRP Pistons. Canton 11-160 Road Race Oil Pan HEADS: World Products Sportsman 200cc x 64cc by Diamond Cylinder Head. VALVETRAIN: 2.055" Manley Severe Duty. Complete Crower Hydraulic Roller Valvetrain. INDUCTION: Edelbrock Victor Junior with DaVinci prepped 750 HP Holley (to meet SCCA rules) CHASSIS BUILDER: Joey Collazo at Bartone Racing, Ronkonkoma, NY BODYWORK/PAINT: Mike Long at Graphic Wave, Hampton Bays, NY ENGINE: Frank Cerasuola, Manorville, NY Other Links to mention POPULAR HOT RODDING MAGAZINE: www.popularhotrodding.com BROWN AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN: brownautodesign@earthlink.net THE TIRE RACK: www.tirerack.com SPORTS CAR CLUB OF AMERICA: www.scca.org RESTOMOTIVE POR-15: www.por15.com HOTCHKIS SUSPENSION: www.hotchkis.net ATL FUEL CELLS: www.atlinc.com/fuelcell.htm SCCA C-PREPARED CLUB: cp.carlc.com (no www.) SPECIAL THANKS: Wife Mary (who was hurt in this thing and still let me drag the wreck home), Cameron Evans, Bill Middaugh, Becky Beavers, Todd Gartshore, Alan R. Baylis, Bill Mitchell, Butch Capuano, Tom Reider, Thor Schroeder, Dan Kealos, Brian Crower, Roger Mealey, Andrew Webb, Chris Brown, Michael Bartone, Cliff Franz, Funky Frank, Ray Smilovich. |
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